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Turchin, Peter; Adams, Jonathan M.; Hall, Thomas D. (December 2006). "East-West Orientation of Historical EmpiresLưu trữ 17 tháng 5 năm 2016 tại Portuguese Web Archive" (PDF). Journal of World-Systems Research. 12 (2): 222–223. ISSN1076-156X. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
Turchin, Peter; Adams, Jonathan M.; Hall, Thomas D. (December 2006). "East-West Orientation of Historical EmpiresLưu trữ 17 tháng 5 năm 2016 tại Portuguese Web Archive" (PDF). Journal of World-Systems Research. 12 (2): 222–223. ISSN1076-156X. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2020.